Texas, African Style!

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Nothing But Net

How would you crop that one, wolf?

Actually, I don't think I'd crop it at all, if I didn't have to. The scraggy bush in the near foreground provides great contrast to the open space to the far left. It's balanced right. I might want to play with it to bring up his face a little more, though. You're losing him in the shadows. Sometimes that's a good effect, but for this shot, I want to see him, and see his face around the mouthpiece.

The shot with the rock made me think though ... if you ever get the opportunity, try to shoot something that's composed such that it looks more like the cloud formations are emanating out of the bell of his horn ... that would look too cool, yah? I'd take the car out of the last one in post #18.

Now, shooting him with the sun behind him, totally in shadow, with a bit of solar flare action going on, that could be cool. (either behind his head, haloing him, or out of/near the bell.

Speaking of that rock ... kinda looks like a caricature of an old jazzman in profile, doesn't it?